KDOC - Investigators and Sites - Kidney Donor Outcomes Cohort (KDOC) Study

Investigators and Sites

We are a multidisciplinary and highly experienced group of transplant researchers and clinicians with expertise, experience, and commitment in caring for living kidney donors, advancing our understanding of living donor outcomes, designing living donor educational materials, conducting living donor research, and producing clinically meaningful outcomes in the field of transplantation.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
(Boston, Massachusetts)

Study Coordinator: Aaron Fleishman (afleishm@bidmc.harvard.edu)

James R. Rodrigue, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)
Director, Center for Transplant Outcomes and Quality Improvement
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Martha Pavlakis, M.D.
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

University of Wisconsin
(Madison, Wisconsin)

Didier Mandelbrot, M.D. (Co-Principal Investigator)
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin

Cleveland Clinic
(Cleveland, Ohio)

Jesse Schold, Ph.D.
Director of Outcomes Research and Medical Informatics
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute

Maine Medical Center
(Portland, Maine)

Site Coordinator: Krista Garrison (garrik@mmc.org)

John Vella, M.D.
Medical Director of Renal Transplantation

James Whiting, M.D.
Surgical Director of Renal Transplantation

Montefiore Medical Center
(Bronx, New York)

Site Coordinator: Aws Ibrahim, MBChB (aibrahim@montefiore.org)

Liise K. Kayler, M.D.
Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Note: Dr. Kayler is now the Program Director Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at the University of Buffalo.

Rhode Island Hospital
(Providence, Rhode Island)

Site Coordinator: Henry Simpson (hsimpson@lifespan.org)

Paul Morrissey, M.D.
Surgical Director, Division of Organ Transplantation
Associate Professor of Surgery, Brown University

University of Arizona
(Tucson, Arizona)

Site Coordinator: Carol Stuehm (carols@email.arizona.edu)

Bruce Kaplan, M.D.
Transplant Surgeon
Professor of Surgery

Note: Dr. Kaplan is now the Medical Director of the Abdominal Transplant Program at Arizona State University.

University of Iowa
(Iowa City, Iowa)

Site Coordinator: Nicole McGlynn (nicole-mcglynn@uiowa.edu)

Daniel Katz, M.D.
Transplant Surgeon
Associate Professor of Surgery

Jody Jones, Ph.D.
Psychologist

Iowa City VA Medical Center

(Iowa City, Iowa)

Daniel Katz, M.D.
Transplant Surgeon
Associate Professor of Surgery